Sheriff: Boy finds father’s gun, accidentally kills friend

WILTON — A 12-year-old boy accidently shot and killed another 12-year-old boy in a Wilton home on Wednesday, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office announced.

“It appears at this time that the one boy had retrieved his father’s handgun from another room within the residence and they were handling it when it went off, striking the deceased in the head,” Sheriff James Bowen said in a press statement.